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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.
(b) To talk about music.
(c) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.
(d) To share kola nuts with Unkona.

2. What is a man who holds the ozo title forbidden to do?
(a) Wrestle during the Feast of the New Yam.
(b) Tap the tall palm trees.
(c) Talk to a single woman in public.
(d) Drink from the tapping of short palm trees.

3. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Twenty
(b) Twenty-five
(c) Fifty
(d) None

4. What are the traditional events when night falls and it is time to end Obierika's daughter's uri?
(a) The singers sing a song of praise to Obierika for such a wonderful celebration.
(b) The women gather all the pots, filling them with leftover food and give each guest a pot to take home.
(c) The elders sit in a circle while singers sing each man's praise. Then the guest's rise to go and the bride is to leave with them for seven weeks.
(d) The leftover wine is divided into flasks for the guests to take home.

5. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?
(a) He figures he can charge Okonkwo for the seeds with interest if the crop failed.
(b) He can tell by looking at Okonkwo that he is a hard worker, unlike many young men of the village.
(c) He always believs big, strong men are trustworthy.
(d) He asks other people of the village if Okonkwo can be trusted.

6. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?
(a) Unkona is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
(b) Unkona knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.
(c) Unkona is a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.
(d) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.

7. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?
(a) Their forefather's ordained that before they planted any crops, they have to observe a week where it is forbidden to say a harsh word to a neighbor. This honors the god of the earth, so that the crops will grow.
(b) It is a time to set aside differences with families and neighbors, forgiving them for past offenses.
(c) It is a time for families to develop bonds of love and understanding, making their relationships strong.
(d) It is a week of happy celebration, dancing, and feasting with everyone in the village. It creates a peaceful, cooperative atmosphere that is supposed to last throughout the year.

8. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?
(a) He gets better and is no longer afraid or sad to be in Okonkwo's home.
(b) He cries every night after his illness for his mother and sisters.
(c) He vows revenge on Okonkwo and his family.
(d) He is still bitter and afraid.

9. Okonkwo and the men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna deep into the forest and kill him with machetes. Who gives the final thrust of the machete that ends Ikemefuna's life?
(a) Okonkwo
(b) Nwoye
(c) Ogbuefi Ezendu
(d) Okafo

10. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?
(a) The wonderful market in Umuike
(b) The goat farm in the village
(c) To the hills where wild goats roam free
(d) To a neighboring goat herder known for his fat goats

11. The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?
(a) He was hanged in the marketplace for all to see.
(b) He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.
(c) He was exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.
(d) He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.

12. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Yams, kola nuts, greens
(b) Coco-yams, beans, cassava
(c) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
(d) Gourds, bananas, oil bean

13. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
(a) Six men on each side
(b) Twelve men on each side
(c) Nine men on each side
(d) Five men on each side

14. As Ekwefi and Okonkwo wait outside of Agbala's cave for Ezinma's return, what does Ekwefi think about?
(a) She thinks she will take Ezinma and move away from the village.
(b) She thinks about what must be happening to Ezinma in the cave.
(c) She thinks about when she and Okonkwo were young, and how she left her first husband to be with Okonkwo.
(d) She thinks about how she and Okonkwo can defeat Agbala.

15. What happens to twins born in Umuofia?
(a) They are placed in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest.
(b) They are revered as sacred above all other infants.
(c) They are considered good luck and raised by the priestess of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
(d) They are drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which men fight in the final wrestling match of the day?

2. Okonkwo ate his wive's meals, and his wives and children are their supper. What is the next thing his wives and children do?

3. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?

4. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?

5. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?

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